A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Dino Melaye, has urged President Bola Tinubu and his family to start packing their luggage from the Aso Rock Villa ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Melaye made the call on Monday when he featured in an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time.
He said there was a great disconnect between the Tinubu administration and the people of Nigeria, citing hunger, insecurity and corruption as evidence.
The former lawmaker also lambasted the administration for its “nonchalance” and President Tinubu’s controversial remark that “all is fair in politics.”
“The president and his family members should begin to pack their luggage from the Aso Rock Villa, including those in the Boys’ Quarters.
“The results will tell in January because there will be a change of government in 2027.
“The winning strategy for the ADC is very simple. The people are with us. The people are tired of maladministration, lies, borrowing, three budgets and three successions not being implemented.
“For example, you say you borrowed money to run the budget. You have borrowed the money. You have collected the money, but the budget is not being implemented.
“The budget is not being funded. Contracts awarded in 2024 have not been paid for. You are still implementing the 2024 budget in 2026.
“The people in this country have blood flowing through their veins and not kerosene, so they respond to stimuli.
“So, I am telling you that this disenchantment, the hunger, insecurity, killings, stealing and obvious stealing that is going on in the land have already shown and demonstrated that there is a complete disconnect between the people and the government.
“From former President Muhammadu Buhari downwards, the government is always afraid of the people when they want to take decisions. But under the Tinubu administration, people are afraid of the government because they are so brazen, wicked, nonchalant and don’t give a damn.
“You have a president who has come out on air to tell the whole world that all is fair in politics. Rigging is fair in politics. Violence is fair in politics. Ballot snatching is fair in politics. In a country where you have young people, you have unborn children.
“You are a president. You are supposed to be a mentor. The words of presidents are supposed to be quotations on a daily basis.
“Then you have a president who is saying all is fair in politics. You have a president who is saying, ‘Take it, grab it and run away with it.’ You think the people are not watching?
“And I am telling you that the results will tell in January 2027,” he said.
